b. Gerome Bernard Ragni, 11 September 1942, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 10 July 1991, New York City, New York, USA. From early childhood (some sources insist he was born in Canada) Ragni displayed artistic tendencies. He studied at Georgetown University and Catholic University of America and made his stage debut in 1954. This was in Washington, DC, and by the early 60s he was in New York where he was in a production of War (1963). The following year he was on Broadway in a tiny role in Hamlet, which starred Richard Burton. Ragni also appeared off-Broadway in Hang Down Yo...